Hello,
I am hoping to reach out to the public for some further help. I have searched just about every forum and cant quite find anything that matches. I have a red doberman that is 3 years of age, male. We had him when he was 4 weeks old. It wasnt till around maybe 1 year, that we started to notice he had some blotching on his back. We presumed maybe it was something in his diet (allergy related), so we switched foods to half raw half dry with supplements. But this balding back hair has very slowly continued without resolve. I have tried just about every remedy imaginable. And I am now seeing more balding spots occur up his back. Other than these spots, the rest of his skin/coat is very nice.
He shows no signs of lethargy, irritability, losing/gaining weight, or hot spots (licking). He acts almost the same way as he did when he was young.
I have considered possibly getting a test done to check his thyroid function, but nothing other than his spots indicate that something could be wrong. The test is about $200.
I am wondering if anyone out there has had this problem? has suggestions?
I will post some pictures as well.
I am hoping to reach out to the public for some further help. I have searched just about every forum and cant quite find anything that matches. I have a red doberman that is 3 years of age, male. We had him when he was 4 weeks old. It wasnt till around maybe 1 year, that we started to notice he had some blotching on his back. We presumed maybe it was something in his diet (allergy related), so we switched foods to half raw half dry with supplements. But this balding back hair has very slowly continued without resolve. I have tried just about every remedy imaginable. And I am now seeing more balding spots occur up his back. Other than these spots, the rest of his skin/coat is very nice.
He shows no signs of lethargy, irritability, losing/gaining weight, or hot spots (licking). He acts almost the same way as he did when he was young.
I have considered possibly getting a test done to check his thyroid function, but nothing other than his spots indicate that something could be wrong. The test is about $200.
I am wondering if anyone out there has had this problem? has suggestions?
I will post some pictures as well.